My pilot Covers
jE*** County
o.?;
?Wirst
Thre
I\re Fill
1 Revers
d ^ 5fC
Sw Roosevelt Warns
M" To D g I" For
MTMay Pro- To Be
Eng Kawn-Out War;
K Victory Assured,
SiM DECLARES WAR
yS S.-ENGLAND
I Airplane* Drop Out Of
ii it Dawn And AtMked
Pearl Ha.rbor
Mnd Other Points
H Without Warning
M <ir tfcfeT^ third since
cmck suddenly at United
. in the Pacific
IH) ouipww I
; ws of naval and
I etfvities has been disto
newspaper readers
Z. listeners alike, for in
L to numerous unconfirmEgrts
of Japanese successes
1 . ' 1 'n ation by the '
E. t)gt the Prince of Wales,
stftsst battleship in the
Lam. and the battle cru
Jtpulse. had been sunk.
p gncoefirmed reports perp
tint somewhere off Malaya
I? and United States (
ft j locked in the mightiest *
I . ;'-.-.ent of all time, and
pan waited with mingled
I tr for an authentic
ft; of this encounter, if it .
ft} in progress. '
k the tone of the Prcsift
talk Monday night, and
lie reaction to it in Italy 11
Ifermany it appears likely
(acre will be an open declar
if hostilities at any moptettt
Roosevelt warned the
Man people to dig in for '
g hard war He admitted 1
treacherous onslought by '
eatty had placed this na- '
I aval forces at an early 1
tatage. but he promised his '
It to prosecute the present '
u final and complete victory,
task there have been re- '
II of enemy planes over sevIWest
Coast cities and one or
ifalse reports of enemy bomborer
cities of the eastern seaH
up to the middle of this
noon there had been no conlei
attack upon the American
Bed,
mnerous Cases
Wore Recorder
< Cases Disposed Of In
border's Court Here
jjonday by Judge Walter
" Stanaland
o Recorder's court here Monf?re
cases were disposed of
k noon before Judge Walter
*Hahnd.
Jk D. Stanley was found
?? of reckless operation and
fven M-days on the roads,
being suspended upon
?- ui costs and a line or
Marshall was charged
Bt breaking and entering and
but the Recorder remandtB'ht
case to the magistrate
*"t it up.
Burns was found guilty
^BlWttsion and manufacturing
Judgment was with held
December 29. the defend- '
'to post a justified bond of
' lor his appearance.
Wilson pleaded guilty to
of forcible trespass and
X:'-r,ued on page four)
Wor Haptist
I Hospital Speaks
Baptist Church, WoodV
<I< Bobbins, pastor. Rev.
E Park'r. pastor of the
Hospital. Winston-Salem,
the guest speaker at Bolm
m>tist church, Friday cvenHL"
" o'clock. Every young
ln the Brunswick associafrdially
invited to atha^"same
tune, officials want
the b. t. u. members
things that are to be
L* this coming year, from
^Point of the associational
church is urged to I
B"* ttBo* peopte for this
TH1
DECL
e Days 0/
led With
es To Unit
No Reports Ret
Brunswic
Several Boys From Southpo:
Are Reported To B<
Although several Southport
and Brunswick county boys
were in the Hiwaiin Islands and
the Phillipine Islands Sunday
when the Japanese o|>ened warfare
on the United States, no
word had conic through up until
early today concerning their
safety.
Stationed at Hickam field
was Walter Jones, son of Mr.
and Mrs. W. F. Jones of South- j
port, and also in the army at I
that location was Curtis Var- 1
num. son 01 iHr. ana *urs. i
Claude Varnum of Supply.
Defense Chain
Vigilance
*;
special Instructions Are Be-1
ing Prepared for Defense
Councils And Important.
Steps Will Follow
MEETING OF LOCAL
BODY HERE TODAY
Jkely That Volunteers Will
Be Called Upon To Make
Contribution Of Personal
Service
W. S. Wells, chairman of
he Brunswick county defense
:ouncil, Tuesday issued a waning
to all civilian aircraft warnng
observers in Brunswick and
idjacent counties to be on the
ilert to take to their posts upon
nstructions from the Army.
The warning to the piane spot:ers
was issued upon instructions
Tom Theodore S. Johnson, state
lirector of civilian defense.
Mr. Johnson also wired Chairnan
Wells that special instructions
for the defense coun:il
were being sent from
Saleigh and to arrange for a 1
neeting of the council to put ]
them into effect.
The defense council was also
nstructed to arrange for police
it airports in the county to see
Jiat the Civil Aeronautics board i
-iilinir e-roundiner all pilots until
further notice was carried out.
So far no detailed instructions
for organization and work have
oeen received; and a meeting of
volunteers will not be arranged ]
jntil instructions are forthcoming, ;
since the air raid warning system ]
will probably be the main func- .
tion of the Brunswick county j
volunteers who are prepared to |
function in that capacity at a
moments notice. ,
A meeting of the defense coun- j
:il is being held this afternoon at |
he courthouse. ]
First Ship Is
Launched Sat. <
At Wilmington
Largest Crowd Ever To J
Visit Wilmington, On
Hand For Launching; j
Many Notables Present
WILMINGTON. Dec. 8?To the I
:heers of 15,000 spectators, many!
af whom were from Whiteville'
and Columbus County, the noise |
of a dozen whistles and the wild |
scream of a siren, a great blue- j
gray ship slipped into the glass-1
smooth Cape Fear River at high I
(Continued on page 4) <
j]
CCC Enlistments j:
Set For Tuesday j
Colored boys of Brunswick!)
county between the ages of 17 J1
and 24 may apply at the Bruns- i
wick county welfare office for ]
enrollment Tuesday in the Civilian j'
Conservation Corps. Applications |
must be made before then. j<
There will be a quota to be filled
with white youths during then
second week in January. |.
i ST.
A Goo
4 PAGES TODAY
\RES
r War 1
Serious
led States
:ieved Of
k County Boys
rt And Brunswick County
t In Danger Zone
Bryant and Frank Potter,
sons of Mr. and Mrs. John Potter,
are on a ship in the Pacific,
and it is reported that Conrad
Lott of Leland was aboard the
West Virginia, reported sunk
during Sunday's onslought. Miss
Aline Williams, member of the
school faculty at Shallotte, also
has a brother who was aboard
the West Virginia
There are several other boys
from the county stationed at
lioints in the Pacific, but whose
names and approximate locations
are not available.
nan Urges
Of Observers
Survey Complete
For New Bridge
It is understood that all preliminary
work of surveying and
estimating on the new road and
bride to Fort Saswell has been
completed by the State Highway
Commission. An immediate
step will be the calling for
construction bids, letting of the
contract and the beginning of
the work.
District Highway Engineer
Vance Baise stated last week
that this road had priority with
the. authorities in Washington.
As such it is an immediate and
emergency measure.
It has been stated from unofficial
sources that a dredge
or dredges will construct the
causeway. The bridge will cross
the inland waterway a short
distance below the yacht basin.
Navy Needing
Clerical Help
\nnounces Vacancies Exist
For Typists And Stenographers
With Opportunr
liy rvi i\niing
CHARLESTON, S. C., Dec. 10?
tfavy Headquarters for the Sixth
ind Seventh district issued a call
lere today for men between the
iges of 17 and 50 who are qualified
as typists, stenographers or
loth typists and stenographers.
The Volunteers will enlist as
yeomen with ratings offered de>ending
on professional qualifications.
Men who enlist in this
aranch of the service receive from
?60 to $99 per month depending
in their rating and are providing
iviirg quarters and meals, or adlitional
allowance if not stationed
>n a naval reservation.
Volunteers must be in good
(Continued on page 4)
Brunswick Lady
Passes Sunday
Vlrs. Mina Meares Died
Sunday In Dosher Memorial
Hospital After Being
Brought There In Serious
Condition
Mrs. Mina Meares, wife of the
ate T. K. Meares of Shallotte,
lied Sunday evening at Dosher
Memorial Hospital in Southport
iftcr being brought there in serous
condition earlier in the day.
Mrs. Meares is survived by five
children, Aghes, Thurston, Hobson,
Kelton, Josephine and Judy; and
by three sisters, Mrs. P. M. Blanton,
Mrs. S. B. Ward, Mrs. Eston
Hewett, and three brothers, Walter,
Adrian and T. L. Long.
Funeral services were conducted
at Beulah Baptist church on
Monday afternoon by Rev. Mr.
Gore and burial was made in the
Meares family cemetery.
ATE
>d News paper I
Southport, N. C., We
WAR
Plans Completed
For Meeting Of
Tax List Takers
Only One Change Made In
Organization In Charge
Of Listing Property For
Taxes Last Year
JORGENSEN IS
TAX SUPERVISOR
Commissioners Also Appointed
H. T. Bowmer
Special Deputy In Compliance
With F.B.I.
Request
In their session here Monday
members of the board of county
commissioners appointed list takers
for the 1942 listing of property
for taxes.
W. I*. Jorgensen again will
serve as tax supervisor, and the
following persons who have been
named to work in their respective
townships will meet with him and
the board of county commissioners
here Monday for a conference
preliminary to beginning work on
the second day of January.
The list takers are M. B. Chennis.
Northwest: L. J. McKeithan,
Town Creek; Mrs. W. S. Davis,
Smithville; Lucian Fulford, Lock- '
- 1- *s-n -* r? o T Cfirtlr I
woods rouy, mis. o. >j. 4.?, .
Shallotte; Robert S. Milliken, |
Waccamaw.
Another important act of the
board Monday was to name H. T.
Bowmer special deputy sheriff for
the Southport area. This action ]
was taken at the request of Sheriff
Dillon L. Gancy, who said that
it was the wish of the F. B. I.
In addition to the usual fees allowed
for performance of duties, ]
Bowmer will receive 520.00 per <
month from the county for ex- i
penses. '
i
New Demonstration !
Club .Organized \
An organizational meeting of a ,
new Home Demonstration Club .
was held recently at the home
of Miss Lilian Collins. Members ,
present voted to call their organ- \
ization Cape Fear Club, and the J
following officers were elected:
Mrs. Henry Smith, president; Mrs.
Lawrence Galloway, vice-president;
and Miss Lilian Collins, secretary.
In addition to the officers, Miss '
Genevieve Eakes, home demon
stration agent, and the following 1
ladies were present: Mrs. Herman '
Smith, Mrs. Thompson McCracken.
Miss Ethel Bogie, Mrs. Lawr- J
ence Galloway and daughter, Mrs.
Joe Ramseur and children.
Mrs. Stephen Harrison was hostess
to the club at its first regular
meeting. Following the les- 1
son and discussion of business, '
delicious refreshments were serv- .
ed by the hostess to the follow- j
ing ladies: Miss Eakes, Mrs. ]
Thompson McCracken, Mrs. Henry (
Smith, Mrs. Farmall, Mrs. Lawrence
Galloway and two sisters of
the hostess. 1
Dredge Working
On Base Basin t
I1
The Howell, government pipe-11
line dredge, has been busy for' ]
the past few days dredging out i
the yacht basin at Caswell Sec-11
tion Base. Several Southport men 11
are in her crew. I;
Sand Bed Prov
A Hot Spo
A group of Wilmington young
folks spent Saturday night and
Sunday camping out in the
sand dunes on Bald Head island
and it appears that W. B. Keziah
of the Brunswick Chamber
of commerce was the hero
of some novel bed making.
The party arrived at the
island too late to be choosey
about a camp site: besides they
were having too good a time to
care much about what sleeping
arrangements they mould have.
It had rained hard a couple of
days before and the sands were
wet, however, there was plenty
of dead cedar stumps, fallen
wood and wreckage of ships. A
roaring fire soon dried out the
immediate vicinity of a small
sand dune, against which the
camp was pitched.
The sand dune was too small for
adequate protection from the
wind, which was blowing briskly
| ,
?
P0R1
n A Good Com
dnesday, December lOtl
ONJ
I
GUARDIAN?With this
United States and her citizens
her naval foxxes. Above is she
mington several months ago.
Leland Citizen [
Dies Saturday '
Funeral Services Conducted _
For Christopher B. Chad-i ?
wick Tusday Afternoon j
Funeral services for Christopher i
Bryan Chatlwick, 57, who died
suddenly at his residence at Leand
early Saturday morning, were
fid Tuesday afternoon at 3
/clock from the Yopp Funeral *
lome in Wilmington with the Rev.
I. D. Withrow officating. Burial f
,vas in National cemetery.
Mr. Chadwick was a member
>f the Orient Lodge, A. F. A. M. '
ind the American Legion.
He is survived by one sister, x
Mrs. E. H. Rouse, of Greenville; j,
uid three brothers, J. J. Chad- j
vick, of Trenton, R. L. Chadwick, in
if Hickory, and I. S. Chadwick, j
if Leland.
Honorary pallbearers are Daw- F"
son Jones, D. G. Ellers, G. R. J
Ennis, J. E. Lewis, G. F. Ganey,
L W. Willetts, W. R. Paden, G. C.
McKcithan, H. T. Lewis, C. C.
Bobbins and K. B. Dresser.
R
Move Office Of
Farm Security
Word has been received that re
the office of Frank Page, field
supervisor of the Farm Security j,
Administration, will be moved ds
p wji?tv,0 KnilHincr nr
U UIII VV111111115 tun w ?.!?& ww..u...e |
housing the office of the county I re
agent at Supply. to
NY A Project To
Be Continued Here ^
vi
The local NYA project is still cc
going on, despite recent drastic
curtailment of funds. The local ef
class for clerks and stenographers a(
has been cut from 20 to 16, but pi
some of the more advanced students
have been able to secure permanent,
remunerative employment.
es To Be ^
t For Campers j
from southwest. To make matters
worse, the wind shifted to
the north at about midnight,
and it was exceedingly sharp
and piercing out there in the
bleak dunes.
It seems that Keziah got to
sleep at midnight, a very late
hour for him. He managed to
sleep soundly and awoke very '
refreshed at three in the morn- B
ing, his usual hour for arising.
By prearrangement, it was his
turn to keep the fire going and
stand duty to prevent an in- ^
vasion from the Japs.
His first problem was not tc
long in discovery. Two girls, P(
lately from California, the
daughters of the aviation corps S
Colonel at Camp Davis, had si
found hard going. They had a
blanket between them and were tt
huddled together as near the | c<
fire as possible to keep from 1 ft
(Continued On Page Four) jir
u
1 PIL
munity
ti, 1941 PUBUS*
APAF
IT'S UP TO THE r
* ' '' ' *
T 'tit
i- - ;
m '
nation menaced by foes in t
now as never before in his
?wn a destroyer which paid
J.S.O. Hut <
A 4 rv
And Kea<
*
1?
Hunters Get Two
Bucks In One Day
<
A Brunswick county deer
uniting party, with G. B. Lewis
loing the deer driving, got a 9- (
oint 200-pound buck hunting
lear Town Creek Monday mornng.
They also got a good sized
oung straight-prong buck.
Mr. Lewis stated yesterday
ifternoon that parties with
chom he has been hunting have t
lilled 18 bucks this season, v
tod Sellers got one of the an- j
lais killed Monday and Barney s
>:wis brought down the other.
'inal Red Cross ?
Report Coming \
oil Call Chairman Says [
Complete Figures Will Be
Available For Publication t
By Next Week
Still unable to make a final c
port on this year's Red Cross v
oil Call, Mrs. James M. Harper, '
., roll call chairman, said Tues- ^
ty that with one community and 8
le school in the county still unported,
this year's membership '
tal has exceeded that of last 0
;ar. '
c
Also unaccounted for are the
forts among the colored schools
' the county this year. Supersor
Helen Stephens has been j
inducting this drive and it is .
* ,l.n, V... raottllo rtf h?r '
JIICVKU LI Id L uic 1 wuiu wj.
forts among those schools will
Id materially to the final re- I
>rt. 1
Next week a full list of mem:rs
will be published in The
tate Port Pilot.
tged Resident 1
Passes In Town
ames Edward Smith, Sr., !
Claimed By Death Fol- .
lowing Extended Illness J
Monday; Buried In Beau-i,
fort |,
Funeral services for James Ed- J'
ard Smith, Sr., 75, who died at ]'
le Dosher' Memorial hospital in j
outhport Monday, were held
uesday at 3 o'clock from thej^
eaufort Episcopal church with;(
le Rev. McConnell officiating. j (
Mr. Smith was a member of j
le Knights of Harmony, Carteret i
odge No. 2 and for 15 years was if
:nder of the port-lights in South- [ ^
art before his retirement. ! <
He is survived by one son, J. E.; s
mith, Jr., of Southport, and one I
ster, Mrs. Noe, of Beaufort. j s
Pallbearers were members of j l
le Knights of yarmony. the t
artege left Harrell's Funeral J s
ome in Southport Tuesday morn-[ e
ig at 9:30 for Beaufort. |f
OT Ir
i
[ED EVERY WEDNESDAY
nof
<AVY ^
;
W4F ^dto2i6?5^8!^8fl8hl^\lLuti--?*Aiti.- A I
^'-fllllHiiMllH
HiHii B
wo oceans the safety of the S]
story rests in the hands of r>
a good will call to Willi
s
Completed j
iy For Duty!
- r% mm /-i / f I (. I
/lajor K. ivi. cowan, or aai- ,
vation Army Will Come
Here As Director Of This ?
Recreational Unit c
iEVERAL LOCAL
PERSONS NEEDED
/ '
Committee Appointed To c
Serve As Trustees For 11
Building And To Ac- "
cept It From h
Government a
The U. S. 0. hut in Southport 0
las been completed and a date
rill be set for its dedication j?
ust as soon as furniture can be ^
ecu red.
In response 10 requests of H. M.
Villetts, head of the U. S. O. pro-1 c
;ram in this area, and Lt. Specs j f
f the Quartermaster Corps,! n
Chairman W. S. Wells of the a
Srunswick County Civilian Deense
Committee has appointed ?
Jrunswick County Recreational
)efense Committee to receive the
milding and to serve as building
rustees. t
Mrs. L. C. Fergus was named 1(
hairman, and to serve with her
rill be L. T. Yaskell, S. B. Frink,
r. J. Loughlin, John D. Eriksen,
V. S. Wells, ex-officio member, ?
ind Mrs. H. T. St. George. Q
It has been definitely settled ?
hat the building will be turned t
iver to the Salvation Army, and
hat Major R. M. Cowan will ?
lome here from Shore Acres at
Vrightsville Beach to serve with
Urs. Cowan as director.
It is understood that a hostess,
ibrarian, housekeeper and jan- f
tor will be hired locally.
Legion Members ?
Are Coming In
_?cal Post Has As Many
Members As It Did Last
Year And Is Within Four
Of Quota
Enrollment in the Brunswick
bounty Post No. 194, American
Region has mounted to 48. accord-!
ng to announcement this week
>y District Commander R. C. St.
leorge. This equals last year's I
.otal enrollment, and is only four j
nembers short of the quota asligned
the local post.
Several years ago the record.
snrollment for the local organiza- j
ion was set when 54 members |
vere secured. Post Commander j
3ias. M. Trott and the district I
iommander are determined to sur-1
>ass that figure this year.
Of the members enrolled thus j
ar 26 have been secured through j
he efforts of District Commander I
5t. George and 20 through the I
solicitations of J. J. Loughlin. I
3oth men qualified for silverj
stars when they reached 10 mem- j
>erships and received a ticket to
he annual go-getters banquet. By j
lecuring a total of 20 members
iach they have become eligible
or gold star awards. j
? --
Vlost Of The New?
All The Time
$1.50 PER YEAfi
?AY
4
?
Cotton Growers
Vote Saturday
On Referendum
i Up To Growers Of This
Commodity as To Wheth*
er Restrictions For Production
Shall Be With*
drawn f
OTING PLACES
IN COUNTY LISTED
'oting In Brunswick Expected
To Be Very Light As
Few Farmers Grow
Cotton Now
Cotton producers?land owners,
larecroppers, and tenants alike?
ill flock to the designated votig
spots of this county Saturday
ith a privilege still enjoyed by
n appalling few farmers of the
orld.
The polling places will be Wacimaw
township-school building;
h a 11 otte township-Grissettown;
ockwoods Folly township-county
ffice; Smithville township-Mid ay
station; Town Creek townlip?Winnabow
postoffice;
rorthwest township?Phoenix. I
The occasion is the referendum
l which cotton producers the
outh over are expected to agaiS
ndertake the Federal marketing
uotas and the loan program un?
er which they have operated fof
le past four years to a degree
lat supplies are finally moving
rithin range of demand.
Any farmer who produced cotjn
in 1941 is eligible to vote on
he 1941 issue. Ballots will be
ast at community voting centers,
'armers may learn from their
ounty agent's office or from their
ounty of community AAA committeemen
where to vote.
Lt.ul farmers an sometimes
onfused by the maze of economic
prinicple behind the orderly
marketing systems which they
pproved for several commodities
mcluding cotton, tobacco, wheat,
nd peanuts. However, regardless
f whether the producer is able to
nscramble the dynamics of suplies,
demand, exports, war elects,
and all the sundry factors i
earing on the cotton situation,
here is no confusion about price
the one economic baby which
ries louder than all the rest when
armers are making up their
minds. For cotton raisers have
veraged better than 17 cents a
ound this year and have almost
inally realized coverted parity, a j
rocess gained slowly but surely
uring these past four seasons in
/hich they have operated under
he benefits of quotas and the
man program. j
DECIDING FACTOR
The price factor is the key to !
ublic opinion on the farm front,
t is the basis for one qualified
bserver's recent statement that
there is little reason to believe
hat farmers will reject a pro;ram
which has finally brought
hem a decent price for their
otton."
SAFE AT HOME I
Ernest Vitou, who has spent I
such of the past year on mcr-! I
hant ships in the Pacific, return- I
d here this week to visit his. I
sothcr, Mrs. Annie K. Vitou. N
Tide Table I
Following is the tide table fl
for South port during the next- 9
week. These hours are appro
Kimately correct and were fur- I
nished The State Fort Pilot I
through the courtesy of the I
Cape Fear Pilot's Association. I
High Tide Low Tide I
TIDE TABLE I
Thursday, December 4 I
7:41 a. m. 1:35 a. ni. I
8:05 p. m. 2:20 p. m. fl
Friday, December 5 , j fl
8:14 a. m. 2:14 a. m. I
8:42 p. m. 2:58 p. m. fl
Saturday, December 0 I
8:48 a. m. 2:50 a. m. fl
9:21 p. m. 3:33 p. m. fl
Sunday, December 7 fl
9:25 a. m. 3:24 a. m. I
10:04 p. m. 4:08 p. m. fl
Monday, December 8 fl
10:03 a. m. 4:00 a. m. fl
10:51 p. m. 4:45 p. m. fl
Tuesday, December 9 fl
10:51 a. m. 4:39 a. in. fl
11:42 p. m. 5:27 p. m. fl
Wednesday, December 10
11:44 a. m. 5:29 a. nu fl